Tag: environment
All the articles with the tag "environment".
Cabo Pulmo marine reserve an outstanding sucess
I can't put it much better than the article, Marine reserve sets new standard for recovery : No-fishing reserves can restore marine ecosystems better than previously thought and can turn a heavily deg…
I just bought a billboard in China
Maybe I'll see it in a couple weeks... Learn more here: SharkSavers.org And here: WildAid.org
KPBS and the Marine Life Protection Act
I was literally pounding my steering wheel while listening to the KPBS Editors round table butcher coverage of the Marine Life Protection Act this morning. They did minimal research (at best), but wer…
Marine reserve debates
The LA Times has some good coverage of the large debate around the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative . They even get a quote from the Avalon institution known as Dr Bill: But Bill Bushing, a marin…
Fish farms in San Diego
The UT has some positive words (in fact, it sounds a little like a press release) about a fish farm proposal from Hubbs-SeaWorld. The fish farm would be located off Mission Beach and would grow stripe…
Dams: not so bad for Salmon
A study tracking salmon in the Fraser and Columbia rivers has determined that dams are not the main cause of Salmon collapse . "dam modifications to assist migrating salmon have led to much-improved s…
Bush: Ocean Protector
Credit where credit is due. In 2006 President Bush turned the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands into Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument, which formed the largest marine wildlife reserve in the wor…
Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'
A Scripps researcher has a paper out called Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean . The findings are not for the faint: Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the…
Sharkwater
I had heard about Sharkwater on the film festival circuit for a year, but wasn't ever in a place where it was showing. It came out on dvd last week and I finally watched it last night. Sharkwater is r…
Gore's new slide show at TED
I've been working my way though the many wonderful talks at TED and was happy to see a new one pop up with Gore showing his new slide show: New thinking on the climate crisis . Do yourself a favor, an…